Why Not?

Author's Note: I want to let you know that I am a diehard Chair fan. However, this season has been nothing but depressing for me. Just when I think they'll reunite the writers decide to screw with me. This story is my attempt to fix what they've done and pave the way for the reunion us Chair fans all want and need. The new episodes make me want Chuck to disappear and for Dan and Blair to get together. I'm picking up where 4x11 left off.

I think Chuck needs to get his act together and stop whoring around. He needs to see that Blair will not sit around pining for him and has other options that could make her very happy. Only then, in my opinion, will he truly buck up and be the man Blair needs him to be, hopefully. Dan is not only a good guy but also he's pretty good at sparring with Blair and keeping her on her toes. I like their dynamic together.

Anyway, enough ranting, I hope you enjoy!

Disclaimer: I do not own Gossip Girl, or Ed Westwick – sigh.

XOXO

Gossip Girl here, you'll never guess who's been spotted enjoying Lonely Boy's company. Not only did our very own Queen B sit next to him at Film Forum, she was later seen laughing with him over coffee. I wonder if S and C wish they had stayed in New York now? They probably never thought their exes would discover comfort in each other's arms. And just how much comfort did they get, we'll find out soon enough. You know you love me, XOXO, Gossip Girl.

"Oh, this is great," Dan said sarcastically as their phones simultaneously buzzed with the latest Gossip Girl blast. "I thought her crazy informants would take the holidays off."

"Ugh," Blair sighed as her phone instantly buzzed again. She switched it off and threw it into her bag.

"Chuck?" Dan ventured to guess.

"He has no right to be jealous," she said furiously. "He's off screwing skanks in the rainforest. If I want to have fun in Brooklyn he has no say in it anymore."

"So you are having fun with me," Dan said with a crooked smile. "Here I thought you were slumming it only because you were bored."

"Even in dire boredom I wouldn't 'slum it' as you put it," Blair told him dryly. "Despite what I've said I do enjoy your company. We have a lot more in common than you think."

"Wow, Waldorf," Dan said surprised, "I think that's the closest you've ever come to giving me a compliment."

She smiled before asking, "Any word from Serena? I think she'll be home soon."

"She texted me once but nothing recently. I think we'll probably meet up when she get's back," he said.

"Play hard to get, trust me. You don't want her thinking you're a doormat," Blair said knowingly.

"Speaking of, what's going on with you and Chuck?" Dan asked diverting the conversation from his love life to hers.

"Nothing," she said sadly, "absolutely nothing."

"It didn't seem like nothing when you two were making out at Saints and Sinners. And you chased after him before he left for New Zealand," he said as he found himself wanting to know more about why Blair needed Chuck so badly when he treated her so poorly.

"We're Chuck and Blair, Blair and Chuck. No matter how hard I try to fight it I can't. But I plan on focusing on me and my own future this year," she told Dan. "If Chuck wants to be me then he has to be the one fighting for us. I'm done. The only thing I plan on fighting for is a permanent position at Conde Nast."

"I'll have you know that I immediately thought of you when I saw The Devil Wears Prada," he told Blair, who raised her eyebrows in question. "It's true, Jenny dragged me to see it with her and all I could think about was you and your minions."

He thought that would make her smile but it didn't. She was just staring at the wall with a blank expression on her face. "I didn't mean to offend you, really I didn't, Blair," he said sincerely as he took her hand.

"Please don't say her name," she said as she made eye contact with him. "Your sister, please don't say her name."

"Ah," he said, realizing her connection to Chuck, "Okay."

"That's it," she questioned, "No snide remark?" 'Drop it,' she thought to herself. 'Do you really want to discuss this with Dan Humphrey? I think I might.'

"Do you want to talk about what happened between my sister and Chuck?" Dan asked, surprised that she wanted to willingly share intimate details of her personal life with him.

"He would always tell me that we're magnetic and inevitable and I know he's right. It's just so hard when I can't forget all the horrible things he's said and done to me over the years," this was hard for Blair to say but she trusted Dan and wanted his advice. "I just can't let myself get caught up being the girlfriend of Chuck Bass again before I make a name for myself on my own."

"I get that, I do," he said with a new sense of admiration for Blair. "But what do you want?"

"Him," she responded without hesitation, "Only him. Sadly it's more complicated than that."

"Why don't you two just stop playing games with each other and be happy? It's clear to anyone who's seen you two together that you are meant to be," Dan said.

"Because without the games we don't have anything else," she told him miserably. "When we stopped playing them it was good while it lasted but then Chuck chose his hotel over me and everything went downhill from there. I really hate feeling like this. Even after everything that's happened I still love him. I think I always will."

Before Dan could pity her she turned the conversation back to him. "What is going on with you and Serena? Will you take her back when she returns to the city?" she asked with a smirk.

"Actually, I don't know," he said. "What you said to me on our mission to Connecticut really struck a nerve with me. I need to get back to my writing and stop dropping everything just because Serena needs me."

"You would deny Serena van der Woodsen, the girl you've been in love with since the 9th grade, of anything?" Blair asked skeptically.

"No, probably not," Dan said with a laugh, "But I should."

"Look at us, Humphrey," Blair said as she pushed back from the table, "We are acting pathetic, and Waldorfs don't do pathetic. What do you say we catch that French film we were talking about the other day?"

She held out her hand for him when he took it and said, "Why not?"

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